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About that knife … and protective order

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May 21, 2018

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE HAS COMPLICATED HISTORY

All we know is what is on the record. We don’t know what actually happened between Hunter Dunn and Joshua Spring last year. But there was a knife, and it made Spring uncomfortable.

Dunn has filed for District 26 House as a Democrat. Dunn grew up in East Anchorage, attended Bartlett High School, and got started in politics in 2014, working to elect Mark Begich. Rough start in politics.

He was a field organizer for the Alaska Democratic Party’s coordinated campaign in 2016 and worked on Steve Lindbeck’s campaign for U.S. House, against Don Young.

He’s been with a few winning ones, too, mind you. The Assembly race of Suzanne LaFrance comes to mind. The young campaign operative has a lot of experience for a 23-year-old.

Another Democratic operative who worked with Dunn on the coordinated campaign for several candidates later that year said Dunn pulled a knife out and menaced him during the LaFrance race for Assembly. We’re sure it was innocent; he was cleaning his fingernails, right?

Joshua Spring later in the year took out a protective order against Dunn for stalking. The protective order was never served on Dunn, who evidently couldn’t be found by the server. And the petition was eventually withdrawn.

The whole thing had played out on Facebook months prior, during the Assembly campaign of Suzanne LaFrance, who represents South Anchorage.

The Facebook posting by Spring prompted comments, including one from now-congressional candidate Alyse Galvin. The posting brought a denial by the Alaska Democratic Party’s data director Matthew Greene, and a suggestion from the party’s former Communication Director Katie Bruggeman that Spring get ahold of her right away.

And then, in an instant, the whole exchange was taken off of Facebook. But not before it was captured:

Today, Spring works as a legislative aide to Sen. Tom Begich, Suzanne LaFrance has two more years on the Assembly, and Bruggeman is a stay-home mom. Dunn is running for a South Anchorage seat in the House of Representatives in a district that voted for Donald Trump 4,578 to Hillary Clinton’s 3,374 in the 2016 General Election.

As a Democrat, he’ll have an uphill battle against one of three Republicans who have filed so far for that seat: Al Fogle, Joe Riggs, and Laddie Shaw are interested in serving in the seat being vacated as Rep. Chris Birch runs for the Senate seat that opened up when Sen. Kevin Meyer threw his name in for lieutenant governor.

It will be a good experience for Dunn. Being a candidate is nothing like being a campaign worker, he’ll find. So some advice for him: When he goes door to door, he should make sure to keep his knives out of sight.

SWAT, standoff, and a den of thieves

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Suzanne Downing

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May 20, 2018

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CRIMINAL ROUND-UP

Seven were taken into custody and five ultimately arrested after the Anchorage Police Department SWAT team was brought in to deal with a group barricaded in an Russian Jack apartment on the 2600 block of Carroll Place on Saturday.

The day-long drama started in the morning, when a call was received by police about a carjacking on Debarr Road. A woman on the 4100 block had been getting into her purple Kia Optima when a man approached her, shoved her aside and stole her car.

Later, while police were investigating, shots were fired and several people were discovered to be holed up in the apartment on Carroll.

Police brought in K9 units and a crisis negotiation team, and the area was cordoned off as a major incident. The family in the apartment above was taken out by armored vehicle for their own safety.

Several suspects were said to be hiding inside the apartment, but the exact number was unclear. By 9:15 pm Saturday, police had seven in custody, and later had five of them under arrest. All are known to the law enforcement community:

Keith Tracey, age 38 faces a charge of Resist Arrest by Hiding/Barricading. He was also arrested on an outstanding warrant. His multiple priors are serious, and include charges of rape. Tracey, of Point Lay, had once been arrested in Anchorage after meeting up with a woman he met on the Internet in a hotel room, where the two eventually struggled. She said he choked and forced penetration. He was acquitted after trial.

Eti Sevetasimale, age 31. He was arrested on three outstanding warrants. APD has had him on their most-wanted list. Prior arrests include distributing drugs.

Steavin Martin, age 32. He was arrested on two outstanding warrants. Part of the catch-and-release club, Martin was also given two citations because he failed to appear in court on a previous drunk driving charge from March, when he had been stopped at 11:45 am while driving too fast and recklessly while southbound on Seward Highway. He refused to stop, according to APD, but was taken into custody near milepost 93. The 2011 Hyundai Sonata he was driving was reported stolen.

Isaiah Hank, age 19. He faces charges of Theft 2, Criminal Trespass and Violate Condition of Release for Felony — stealing a car in March, when he had been given a two-year suspended sentence. He was also arrested on an outstanding theft warrant. Hank on Saturday was found with the stolen car and had a syringe in one of his pockets and the car key in the other.

Merandarae Sheakley, age 22. She faces a charge of Resist Arrest by Hiding/Barricading. She was also arrested on an outstanding warrant, which had been issued on May 9 for an earlier charge of assault.

IN OTHER CATCH-AND-RELEASE NEWS

Police are searching for Jake Johnson, age 25, above. He has a no-bail DV felony warrant for Burglary II & Theft III and a misdemeanor warrant for Fail to Appear on a Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance V charge. Call 311 if you spot him.

Police have in custody Rusty Tuuaga, who was arrested in connection with the shooting of two men last week in downtown Anchorage.

Tuuaga, age 24, faces Attempted Murder, Assault 1, Tampering with Evidence and Reckless Endangerment after two men were shot and laying injured on the pavement in the 600 block of East 5th Ave on May 16. The two were transported to the hospital, where they survived their injuries.

Police said the suspect and victims knew each other and that the shooting may have been drug-related.

Pitching in for power to Hope Willow Ranch

Suzanne Downing

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May 20, 2018

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Pitching in for power to Hope Willow Ranch

CONGRESSMAN YOUNG TO ATTEND SATURDAY FUNDRAISER

BY DONN LISTON
SPECIAL TO MUST READ ALASKA

A dream for many who have developmental disabilities is to do things most people take for granted. Too often they’re parked in “assisted living” venues to mark their days on a calendar.

Hope Community Resources’ Willow Ranch is different. And when Congressman Don Young heard about the remarkable model of living from the land, he had to see it.

“Representative Young is always interested in sustainable lifestyles and sustainable food sources,” said Roy Scheller, Hope executive director, who is credited with the sustainable ranch idea.

Scheller has a big worry, however: The ranch runs on generator power, and therefore it’s always at risk. In the winter, so are the lives of the disabled men who live at the ranch. Keeping the generator going keeps him awake, worried about the disabled men.

Willow Ranch needs to hook up to Matanuska Electric Association power — and that’s going to take some cash that neither government nor grants have been able to provide.

“The people who live at the ranch are relatively independent, with homes off to the side so all can live independently, doing things men like to do, with necessary assistance,” Scheller said.

Rep. Young was impressed enough with the operation that he has confirmed he will attend a barbecue fundraiser, Saturday, May 26 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan have also been invited.

*The blown-out generator. Willow Ranch needs permanent power.*

THE RANCH RUNS ON GENERATOR POWER

Last fall, Young met and formed a bond with Frank Forpahl, the original Hope Ranch manager.

“I’ve stayed awake nights knowing the generator can kick off at any time requiring immediate action to save our families and stock from the bitter cold,” said Forpahl, who was there 11 years ago when Hope purchased the 70-acre property that only had a modest house with a couple of out buildings.

“In December, the primary diesel generator blew–shooting its dipstick across the room–and spewing oil everywhere,” Forpahl said.

This was another in a long line of generators, a windmill, and solar panels, that have been inadequate for the needs of this growing enterprise seeking independent living and self-sufficiency.

Intrepid souls here live off the land and market products they produce. Over the years, as the program has expanded, Hope has built a large barn, a work building, a small saw mill, a duplex, and single-family home.

A backup generator has been providing electricity since the main one blew up. Previously a rental for NC Machinery, this generator served fine as backup, but it’s inadequate as a solution. Unpredictable energy needed for activities in woodworking, warming of buildings or basic computer operation, create hour-by-hour uncertainty.

To hear stories of how the three original managers of the ranch were able to survive and make progress toward their goals in temperatures as low as -54F, attend the fundraiser. RSVP to 907-355-2494 or [email protected].

COMMUNITY CAN HELP HOOK UP THE POWER

The area around West Kenny Blvd., off Willow Fish Hook Road, doesn’t have Matanuska Electric Association power.

Over the years of creating a sustainable ranch, electric power has required a huge investment in fuel, batteries, alternative energy sources, and constantly running generators to be marginally habitable and productive. The possibility of consistent power has been only a dream.

This is about to change. The goal of this fundraiser is to hook up to MEA power. Cost is expected to be $150,000 to $175,000 and surveyors are now marking the route for those lines. The annual savings for the ranch will be $25,000 to $35,000.

I met four of the five men who are currently residents and workers at the Willow Ranch during a May 18 visit. They are all characters, with unique needs and abilities. None has a criminal background and all are justifiably proud of what they are doing to create a sustainable enterprise as part of the Willow community. All have Alaska Native heritage and participate actively in hunting, fishing and trapping activities after training in necessary safety measures required for such outdoor pursuits.

The ranch promotes animal husbandry, gardening, wood-working, mechanics raising and selling livestock, as part of this living-off-the-land project. Hope has other regional service programs in Barrow, Dillingham, Kodiak, Kenai, Mat-Su and Seward.

As the largest investment of the Hope network, this ranch is also a destination for activities of many other agencies and individuals.

Donn Liston has lived in Alaska since 1962 and writes about Alaskans and the Alaskan experience since statehood.

Homeless services coming to a neighborhood near you

The 907

Suzanne Downing

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May 19, 2018

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Homeless services coming to a neighborhood near you

HOMELESS NEED TO BE SPREAD ACROSS ANCHORAGE, COMMITTEEMAN SAYS

A resolution will come before the Anchorage Municipal Assembly at its June 12 meeting to make it the policy of the municipality to disburse services for the homeless throughout the community, rather than have them located primarily in the east downtown and Fairview areas, where Assembly member Chris Constant says they impact his neighborhood unfairly.

Constant took a moment out of the Committee on Homelessness’ meeting on Wednesday to decry the racist policies that dump homeless people in his district.

Constant’s neighborhood is overrun by the homeless, he said.

“People who live in the downtown recognize that the massive majority of these facilities are located here. The massive majority, not a simple majority. Now to the point of we should take this off [the agenda], because the services are there because it’s convenient, again the history lesson,” he said, jabbing his finger at Federation of Community Council representative Nikki Rose. “We have the system that we have now because of racist policy that we have from the 1930’s 40’s 50’s and 60’s.

“We changed the rules and we took away the right to enforce legal discrimination. But it became de facto discrimination.

“And the discriminatory policies we have now, we have neighborhoods outside of Anchorage driving all of their poverty, all of their suffering, and all of their sickness into one part of town,” said Constant, who is known as a liberal on a liberal Assembly.

“In fact, 20 years ago, when Mr. [Charles] Wohlforth sat in the seat I’m in, they passed a law that said those facilities have to be downtown. We’re now undoing the racist policy of the past. The discriminatory policy of the past. It’s fine that it’s introduced and we have this debate. Because. I am going to continue to let people know that redlining is over. Steering is over and we need to equitably distribute these services across this municipality,” Constant said.

Had Constant just accused prior assemblies of being racist, including by name one Charles Wohlforth, who served for six years on the Assembly in the 1990s and who is now one of the most liberal members of the media as a columnist for the Anchorage Daily News?

Constant’s comments were in response to a request to table and reconsider the resolution, a request made by a member of the committee, Nikki Rose, who said that making services scattered across the community could negatively impact people who need access to those services, and that the idea deserves greater scrutiny.

Concern that homeless will establish even more camps and then die in the cold, unable to get to services, is something the resolution doesn’t seem to consider.

The resolution was submitted by Suzanne LaFrance and Felix Rivera, with help from the municipal attorney. The public will have an opportunity to weigh in on the resolution on June 12 at the regular Assembly meeting of the whole.

In 2009, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation rolled out a homelessness plan that promised to end homelessness in Alaska within 10 years. At the time, homeless in Anchorage was counted at 3,305.

Today’s Anchorage estimate is 3,135, about one percent of the population.

The 2009 AHFC report is here.

Rep. Mike Hawker now an ordained Catholic deacon

Suzanne Downing

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May 19, 2018

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Rep. Mike Hawker now an ordained Catholic deacon

FRIDAY CEREMONY WAS APOLITICAL EVENT

Rep. Mike Hawker, who retired from the Alaska House since 2017, has been ordained as Permanent Deacon in the Catholic Church. A “high church” ceremony took place at Our Lady of Guadalupe on Friday, as Hawker and four other men said their vows.

Hawker may be the first Alaska legislator to ever be ordained to this religious position. It’s something Hawker has been working toward for five years, since first becoming an aspirant, then a candidate, acolyte, lector, and now a Permanent Deacon.

Anchorage Archbishop Paul Etienne presided over the hour and a half celebratory Mass and Eucharist, which included prayer, hymns, and Holy Communion. Hundreds of Catholics gathered for the important occasion, and a few non-Catholics as well.

However, very few political types were in attendance, but those who did attend included former Reps. Kurt Olson and Lindsey Holmes, former Commissioner of Revenue Randy Hoffbeck, and lobbyists Bob Evans and Michael Hurley, as well as retired lobbyist Paul Quesnel.

Congressman Don Young’s wife Ann Young was witness in the front, and Paulette Simpson of Juneau flew in for the ceremony. Eric Croft, Anchorage Assemblyman, also attended.

*The congregation at Our Lady of Guadalupe applauds as the new deacons are presented during Saturday’s ordination ceremony.*

Permanent Deacons are ordained offices of the Catholic Church who are men with no intention of becoming priests.

They may be single or married, but must be married before being ordained a deacon, as Hawker is. His wife, Carol Carlson, had to agree to his ordination; in fact every year of his course of study she had to provide handwritten approval to the Archbishop.

Typically, deacons also have secular jobs, and provide support to the local church through service to the sick, teaching the faith, or working in other parish functions. They’re like the priests’ “right-hand man.”

Deacons may baptize and perform funeral and burial services outside of Mass, can distribute Holy Communion, perform marriages, and preach sermons. The duties of prayer are fundamental to the office, as there are 150 Psalms and Scripture readings that deacons, priests, and bishops must pray every day. Hence, the life of a deacon is fairly structured around prayer.

Hawker represented District 28 (now represented by Jennifer Johnston), winning his first election in 2002 and retiring in 2017 after battling back to health from cancer.

“I had my first bought of cancer in 2010 and it almost killed me. And in 2016 I had a major reoccurrence, and miraculously we beat it back a second time, and it was then I chose to leave the Legislature and serve full time as a Deacon,” he said.

“When I was in the Legislature, I came within a hair of dying of cancer, and I truly only lived by a health miracle that medical science cannot explain. It reawakened my sleeping faith. That near-death experience brought me back to the Church and ultimately led me to pursuing the deaconate.” – Mike Hawker

The formation program to become a deacon is conducted by the Archdiocese of Anchorage as a five year program, where the candidates meet for three-day weekends once a month and progress through their levels until they are ordained. Hawker began his journey when he was still in the Legislature. He will serve his first Mass as the assistant to the priest tonight, and will give the Homily next Sunday, Trinity Sunday.

“That’s when I have eight minutes to explain the mystery of the Holy Trinity, and the nature of God,” he said.

His ministry will be centered at his home parish, St. Elizabeth’s, for two years, and he’ll be focused on hospital service, as a chaplain at St. Elias Hospital, a eucharist minister at Providence Hospital, and in charge of the Catholic chapel at the Prestige Center in Muldoon, a long-term care facility.

“I really view serving in the capacity of deacon, serving God, as a capstone activity in a life well lived,” Hawker said.

Red sky in the morning: China’s Arctic ambitions, Alaska’s LNG

Suzanne Downing

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May 17, 2018

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Red sky in the morning: China’s Arctic ambitions, Alaska’s LNG

As Gov. Bill Walker and a delegation of business and government representatives embark on a trade mission to China on Saturday through May 26, Must Read Alaska brings you a cautionary view from scholars studying the growing influence of China on state politics in America, even while President Donald Trump is taking a more guarded path.

IF BEIJING GOES FORWARD WITH ALASKA LNG, IT WILL UNEVENLY BENEFIT CHINA

By ASHLEY FENG AND SAGATOM SAHA

THE DIPLOMAT MAGAZINE

For signs of Beijing’s Arctic ambition, Washington need look no further than Alaska.

After Chinese President Xi Jinping left the Mar-a-Lago summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in April 2017, he stopped in Alaska, not Silicon Valley, to talk business. Alaskan Governor Bill Walker pitched Xi on his state’s economic opportunities, including liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments. Before Trump’s trip to China a few months later, the White House announced multiple memoranda of understanding between U.S. and Chinese oil and gas corporations, including the $43 billion Alaska LNG project. In the months since these presidential visits, the U.S.-China relationship — now on the precipice of a trade war — has grown tense. But in Alaska, deals are still moving forward.

China’s energy interests are not limited to just Alaska, but include the entire Arctic, where climate change is opening up new shipping lanes and recoverable energy resources. As ice begins to melt, energy-insecure Beijing has begun to assert itself more forcefully in the region, investing in the economic, diplomatic, and strategic benefits that it believes the Arctic will bring. Unless the United States pays more attention to China’s Arctic ambitions, Beijing will strengthen its economic and strategic position in the world’s largest emerging frontier at America’s expense.

Beijing to Juneau

The flurry of deals between Beijing and Juneau stem from China’s frenzied rush to secure projected LNG demand. The world’s second largest LNG importer, China has already signed deals with Australia and Qatar, among others, for 40 million tons a year through 2030, but will still need an additional 20 million tons by the end of that period.

[Read the rest of this story at The Diplomat Magazine]

[Read: Governor announces roster of trade mission participants]

Video: Watch Don Young work the House for last vote on Roadless Rule exemption

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Suzanne Downing

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May 17, 2018

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Video: Watch Don Young work the House for last vote on Roadless Rule exemption

EPIC EFFORT TO GET COLLEAGUES TO SWITCH THEIR VOTES

Congressman Don Young needed a few more votes for an amendment to the Farm Bill on Thursday. As the Department of Agriculture is over the U.S. Forest Service, Young slipped a germane amendment into the Farm Bill to reverse a Clinton-era rule that disallows roads in Alaska’s national forests.

It’s known as the Roadless Rule, and it’s a rule that is hated by the timber industry, which has been essentially put out of business in Alaska as a result.

“The Clinton-era Roadless rule applies a one-size-fits all approach to areas where those policies rarely work. Especially the federally locked lands in Alaska,” said Congressman Young. “At 16.8 million acres, the Tongass National Forest is the largest in the nation. Coupled with the Chugach National Forest, Alaska contains over 12 percent of the total acreage in the national forest system. The Roadless Rule is nothing more than another effort to end the multiple use mandate of federal forest lands. Something that’s required by law but often ignored by nameless, faceless, unelected bureaucrats.”

But the vote on the amendment was 209 to 206. And yet the House waited while Dean of the House Don Young went around and rounded up the votes he needed to pass the historic amendment.

Young turns 85 next month, but watch this video as as he darts around the House of Representatives and looks for representatives to change their votes, and watch the white lettering to see how the vote total changes due to his efforts:

In the end, Young’s amendment passed, 208-207.

“Over 90 percent of the Tongass is inaccessible by road,” Young said. “The lack of access to timber not only costs Alaskans good paying jobs, but results in trees dying of disease and infestations. To be clear, we’re not talking about clear-cutting the entire Tongass National Forest, we just want to help it stay healthy and fulfill its multi-use mandate. Those who don’t manage anything, allow for it to be destroyed. If any reasonable form of timber industry is to exist in the future, we must get this exempted from the Roadless Rule as soon as possible. So I’m urging my body, this Congress to do what’s right for the state of Alaska and right for the timber, right for the people that live there and depend upon a source of income.”

The other amendment Young saw through passage referred to Native and traditional foods.

“This amendment builds on a previous provision of mine in the 2014 Farm Bill that authorized the donation and serving of traditional food which meet the safety standards and are in facilities that serve these indigenous populations. It applies to programs in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and others,” Young said. “No safety issues have been documented, and the food handling, storage safety standards were incorporated in my previous amendment. The standards were in part based on successful standards from Alaska which has long led the way for safety procedures for traditional foods. This amendment is truly focused on the importance of nutrition.”

The amendment was approved by the House on a voice vote.

Are over-pumping hatchery humpies disrupting food chain?

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Suzanne Downing

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May 17, 2018

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Are over-pumping hatchery humpies disrupting food chain?

FISHING GROUPS WORRY PINK SALMON ARE LEADING TO SMALLER KING RUNS

Alaska sport fishing groups have refiled a petition with the Alaska Board of Fisheries, asking the board to stop the planned 20 million egg increase of pink salmon to be reared and released by hatcheries in Prince William Sound.

Too many humpies are causing a crisis, the groups say.

The latest salvo came two days after the board failed on a 3-3 vote to take action on the group’s first petition.

The groups claim that adding more pink salmon into the food chain is having a dramatic impact on other species, including competition for food with king salmon associated with streams and rivers from Kachemak Bay to the Kuskokwim River. Kings and sockeye are getting smaller — gone are the days when Kenai sports fishers could haul in an 80-pounder. The runs are thinning out, too. And pinks are showing up in streams where they don’t historically belong.

Think of it like going to the Golden Corral for dinner and arriving just after a basketball team from Service High School came through the buffet line. Those kids load their plates and eat every drumstick in sight, and by the time you get to the protein, it’s picked clean. You’re stuck with the kale garnish.

Hatchery pink salmon are voracious, fast-growing youngsters in the food chain, but they also may be disrupting the entire balance for other species, not just salmon.

Eight Alaska fishing groups have joined in the emergency petition.

“The State of Alaska law mandates that hatcheries shall operate without adversely affecting natural stocks of fish, and that wild salmon stocks and fisheries on those stocks should be protected from adverse impacts from artificial propagation and enhancement efforts. In 2017, straying PWS hatchery pink salmon showed up in large numbers across the streams of Lower Cook Inlet, with some locations registering more than two-thirds PWS hatchery-origin of all pinks sampled,” the groups said in their letter.

Earlier this month, the groups asked the board to write a letter to the commissioner of Fish and Game, asking him to take action.

Now, it’s beyond the letter writing stage; the groups are asking for the Board of Fisheries to simply act under its own authority and stop the over-pumping of humpies into the ocean.

The entire letter sent to the Board of Fisheries is here:

Emergency Petition

“For the past 15 years or so, they’s been adding 20 million more, then 30 million more,” said Ricky Gease, of the Kenai River Sportfishing Association. “The rate we’ve grown the number of hatchery fish is phenomenal. There are more salmon in ocean than at any other time period, but one third or more is from hatcheries.”

The consequence? Gease says the science is coming in, and it agrees with the petitioners. It’s time to stop adding more pinks until the ecosystem changes are better understood.

The board has 30 days to consider whether it will agree with the petitioners.

Must Read Alaska’s initial story from May 3 is here:

Outdoor groups ask board of fish to slow pink salmon hatcheries

Heads and tails: Juneau assemblyman files for Senate

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Suzanne Downing

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May 17, 2018

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Heads and tails: Juneau assemblyman files for Senate

JESSE KIEHL TO RUN FOR DENNIS EGAN’S SEAT

Legislative aide and City and Borough Assemblyman Jesse Kiehl has announced in front of Alaska’s Capitol his run for Senate.

Kiehl has been the aide to Sen. Dennis Egan, who is retiring from Senate District Q and whose seat Kiehl hopes to win. He is a Democrat and the announcement has been expected since Sen. Dennis Egan announced his retirement.

Kiehl lives just steps from the Capitol in what is likely the most liberal precinct in the state. Precinct 2 voted for Bill Walker for governor by 83 percent in 2014, and earlier that year had voted to repeal SB 21 by 83 percent.

SB 21 was legislation that lowered some taxes for the oil industry, something that Walker and the Democrats vehemently opposed.

The rest of Senate District Q is not as liberal as Kiehl’s downtown Juneau precinct. House District 33 and 34 that make up Senate District Q voted just 56 percent for Walker and voted to repeal SB 21 by 65 percent in 2014.

Whether Kiehl is too far to the left for the entire District Q, which stretches to Haines, Skagway, and Gustavus, will be the subject of much coffee shop and church hall discussion in coming months. As a professional government worker for most of his life, he has no experience in the private sector. He worked as an aide to Sen. Kim Elton before Elton left to take a job in the Obama Administration. And Kiehl clearly has the support of the Alaska Democratic Party.

Also having filed for that seat is Don Etheridge, a labor leader who is non aligned with either party, and Larry Cotter, a nonpartisan.

It seems increasingly unlikely that a Republican will join the race.

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